The Wild Rose Trail in North Salt Lake is a beautiful foothill hike through oaks and wildflowers with impressive views! It is a spectacular springtime hike! This is the two mile easy version. If you want a longer and more challenging hike, check out this post on the Wild Rose Loop.

Begin your hike at the Wild Rose Trailhead. You can walk the path straight through the park, but it’s much prettier to take the shady trail that begins by the bathrooms.

Both options meet up just before the first wildflower-covered hill.

You can go either direction, but I loved going clockwise. It’s very scenic!

There is an optional tiny detour to a bench.

At the top of the hill you can make another detour to a bench at “Sunset Point by heading left.

Here are the views from Sunset Point.

Returning to the main trail head towards the tallest hill.

Just over the rise is the junction to a second loop to make a “figure 8” shape. If you add on the second loop it becomes the Wild Rose Loop. In this post we’re just sticking to the smaller and easier Wild Rose Trail. When you get to the junction, head right.

The trail continues back down to the park.

Most of this trail is covered in Arrowleaf Balsamroot, the yellow flowers, but there are actually lots of varieties of wildflowers intermixed.

Stats: Distance – 2.0 miles roundtrip
Approximate hiking time – 45-90 minutes
Elevation gain – 344 feet
Difficulty – Easy
Trail – well maintained trail of dirt and rocks.
Bathrooms – Yes
Seasons to hike – April – October (wildflowers peak in May and June)
Permits needed – none
Pets allowed – Yes

Other nearby trails are Meridian Peak, Ensign Peak, Avenues Twin Peaks, Memory Grove, City Creek Canyon, Living Room Lookout, Mueller Park and Elephant Rock.